Portland State University’s Ooligan Press is excited to announce its
fifth annual Write to Publish conference, to be held February 23rd,
2013, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. at the Native American Student Community Center on
the PSU campus.
This year’s nonfiction theme, Write What You Know, will
feature local authors Floyd Skloot, Lidia Yuknavitch and Kristian
Williams, among others, speaking about their personal experiences
navigating the industry. They will be joined by other industry
professionals, with the goal of demystifying the publishing industry for
burgeoning writers.
Write to Publish is the brainchild of Ooligan Press, a nonprofit
trade press run by students of Portland State University’s Book
Publishing graduate program.
This year’s conference will also host a
lunch catered by California Pizza Kitchen and a writing contest for
non-fiction submissions limited by 2,000 words. The grand prize winner
will receive a pitch to agent Betsy Amster of Betsy Amster Literary
Agency! Submissions are due by Feb. 9th.
For more information, please visit www.ooliganpress.pdx.edu/w2p. To purchase tickets, go to www.pdx.edu/boxoffice/tickets.
Prompt: A Write Around Portland Community Workshop
Join
us for a 10 week workshop devoted to
generative writing and the transformative power of writing in
community. Based
on the successful Write Around Portland (http://www.writearound.org/) model, this dynamic workshop incorporates many of our
favorite
exercises designed to inspire the writing life, including
free-writing; group
discussion; imagery, character, plot and poetry development; and
early-draft
revision.
All
proceeds
from Prompt go directly toward funding Write Around Portland
workshops
and programs in hospitals, prisons, schools, treatment centers,
low-income
housing facilities and more.
Prompt:
Meets
weekly for 10 weeks
Ten
Tuesdays, Jan 29-Apr 2, 6:30-8:30pm
Powell’s
City of Books, 10th and W. Burnside
$285
(Payment plans available. Includes free
parking, snacks and access to the “Bowels of Powells.”)
Workshop
facilitator
Mary
Kibbe earned
a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Marylhurst University
where
she explored communication, writing, and an interdisciplinary
approach to the
formulation and re-formulation of individual identity. Mary
currently focuses
her writing time on poetry, and has studied the art of memoir,
creative
non-fiction and personal essays. She is a founding member of her
writing
critique group Broads on the Side. As a Write Around Portland
volunteer, Mary
has facilitated workshops for burn and trauma survivors, at-risk
youth, and low-income
families.
Registration
limited to 12 adults. For more
information or to register, please contact Write Around Portland
at
503.796.9224.
MANZANITA WRITING WEEKND FEBRUARY 1 TO 3, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – JANUARY 8, 2013
MANZANITA WRITING WEEKND FEBRUARY 1 TO 3, 2013
Who should attend? Writers looking for uninterrupted time to write in a safe and nurturing setting. All genres welcome, including: poetry, personal essay, non-fiction, and memoir/creative non-fiction. The weekend is idea for any level of writing or stage of your project. Come for the evening, a day or the entire weekend.
Where: The Contemplative Arts Center in Manzanita, OR. Please note: overnight lodging is not available at the The Contemplative Arts Center. Lodging will be on your own. Please visit website www.bootcamp4writers.com for information on lodging options and to register.
Schedule: Friday, 2/1/13 - 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm - Introductions/writing time
Saturday, 2/2/13 - 9 am to noon - work shopping/critique of writing
1 pm to 4 pm - writing time
7 pm - TBD: Dinner together in Manzanita
Friday, 2/3/13 - 9 am to 1 pm - work shopping/critique of writing
This workshop is led by Kelly Wallace, who owns and operates the Writers Boot Camp West. She was a Hawthorne Fellow ‘12 at The Attic Institute and is a member of the Pinewood Table writer’s group led by Stevan Allred and Joanna Rose.
To register visit: http://www.bootcamp4writers.
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